This clinical trial tests the effects of focused massage on pain, mobility, and quality of life during radiation treatment for patients with breast cancer. Patients with breast cancer who undergo radiation treatments can experience muscle and joint achiness, discomfort, and tension in their arms, shoulders, neck, and upper back due to the positioning they must be in during treatment. Focused upper body massages provided while patients are sitting in a massage chair available after radiation treatments, may be effective for improving muscle and/or joint achiness, musculoskeletal symptoms of the upper extremities (upper back, shoulders, neck, arms, and hands) and quality of life in patients with breast cancer undergoing radiation treatment.
Study sponsor and potential other locations can be found on ClinicalTrials.gov for NCT07447700.
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United States
Ohio
Columbus
Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer CenterStatus: Approved
Contact: Beth Steinberg
Phone: 614-406-7067
PRIMARY OBJECTIVE:
I. To evaluate the effectiveness and acceptability of a focused upper body massage when offered after radiation treatments to participants diagnosed with breast cancer.
SECONDARY OBJECTIVES:
I. To evaluate the need for participant re-simulation during the course of radiation, specifically the preparatory patient imaging, positioning, and marking to ensure precise targeted radiation, requiring a revised treatment plan due to inability of patient to tolerate positioning because of pain or disability.
II. To evaluate participant acceptability of the massage intervention.
OUTLINE:
Patients undergo focused upper body massage therapy over 20 minutes after each radiation treatment daily, every other day (3 times a week), or twice weekly.
Trial PhaseNo phase specified
Trial Typesupportive care
Lead OrganizationOhio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center
Principal InvestigatorBeth Steinberg
